painting a GPU?

[Oqt1]

I have noticed a fair amount of gpu's have a silver or metallic backplate.. (the side where you connect your cables) and I was wondering if you could just paint that plate to get a better look? 

 

I might have heard something about something. about grounding and the pc case and something something.. but is that true?

[An0maly_76]

2 minutes ago, Oqt1 said:

I have noticed a fair amount of gpu's have a silver or metallic backplate.. (the side where you connect your cables) and I was wondering if you could just paint that plate to get a better look? 

 

I might have heard something about something. about grounding and the pc case and something something.. but is that true?

I wouldn't do it. You could risk clogging the cooler fins and creating overheating problems. Also, the paint may insulate and also cause overheating problems.

[nevets13]

i would agree with An0maly_76 the back plate tends to be used for cooling if you really wanted to change to color electroplating might be an option but im not 100% sure

[tkitch]

The backplate is rarely a huge source of heat dissipation, so yes you could paint it.

 

You'd want to remove it from the card first tho.

 

LTT Has a video where they hydro dip a GPU Shroud, so yeah you totally could do it.

[Blue4130]

I have a feeling that he is talking about the IO side, not the backplate.

 

@Oqt1 All of the grounding is done through the PCIE cables and pcie slot. There is no problem painting it. Just remove it first or tape the crap out of the GPU.

[Oqt1]

5 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

I have a feeling that he is talking about the IO side, not the backplate.

 

@Oqt1 All of the grounding is done through the PCIE cables and pcie slot. There is no problem painting it. Just remove it first or tape the crap out of the GPU.

 you are right... my bad... and good to know about the grounding part